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The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
Author
Journalist
Publisher
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Problem
Meets
Scandal
Match
Grace
Pain

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